déjà
[de.ʒa]
The verdict
“déjà” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,541. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,541
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zu einem früheren Zeitpunkt als erwartet
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déjà |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [de.ʒa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déjà” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around déjà (IPA [de.ʒa]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #44,541 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zu einem früheren Zeitpunkt als erwartet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for déjà, with forms such as "ddéjà", "djéà", and "déjjà". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DJ", "der", "den", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is déjà, spelled D-É-J-À.
Definition
- 1zu einem früheren Zeitpunkt als erwartet
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddéjà
- djéà
- déjjà
- déàj
- édjà
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déjà - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “déjà”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-É-J-À - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [de.ʒa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “DJ” - see the side-by-side comparison. déjà vs DJ
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.